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Document: |
Ionia Move Notes - Jobs Yet to be
Completed in California |
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Source: |
Shelby American, Inc. |
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Date: |
circa July 1967 |
The earliest date found on
the document is August 8th, 1967, and therefore believe this document to
have been authored in late July. Item 4 relates primarily to the GT500 Convertible (0139)
advertising car. Item 5 relates to the GT500 Coupe (0131) Items 4
& 7B relate to the GT500 Fastback (0463) advertising car.
4.
Updating of Convertible & Fastback '68 Proto's
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Awaiting seats &
inside trim for installation in both (VanAkin - Hansen)
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Awaiting prototype
convertible roll bar (due August 14)
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Awaiting correct
Gas tank filler metal decal for installation on gas tank filler
& wheel covers (Nuznoff)
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Awaiting
fender-side Ornaments & glove box ornaments (LeVoie)
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Top boot to be
modified locally by trim shop (due August 10)
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Inside trim panels
to be vinyl covered locally
Analysis:
"Nuznoff"
is a reference to G. W. "Gerry" Nuznoff, the purchasing manager at Shelby.
"Sunny" (spelled incorrectly) is a reference to Sonny Fee, the manager of the paint shop at
Shelby. "LeVoie" (spelled incorrectly) is a reference to P. LaVoie.
"Van Aiken" (spelled incorrectly) is a reference to
Ken VanAkin, the Senior Buyer in the Purchasing Department at Ford
Motor Company.
The "convertible and fastback '68 protos,"
is a reference to the two '67 model year cars that were updated/disguised for
advertising purposes (a/k/a/ "68 photographic cars").
Convertible VIN 0139, Fastback VIN 0463. Their California inventory numbers
are 062 and 064/074, respectively.
In this document, "Little
Red" is referenced only by name and not by its VIN 0131 or inventory number 061.
"Little Red" was Fred Goodell's nickname for the
one-off Shelby G.T. 500 coupe, which leads us to believe that he
may have been the author of these handwritten
pages.
Note: inventory numbers
are not the same as serial numbers (VINs).
This page explains the numbers and includes a table that
allows us to link inventory numbers, serial numbers, and engineering
numbers to the correct vehicles.
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